# Several reasons.. One is that they support dark theme backgrounds (in LibreCAD I can't see the icons), another is the...

Commenting post [518](/?blog/2018-518): Several reasons.. One is
that they support dark theme backgrounds (in LibreCAD I can't see the
icons), another is the two-letter keyboard shortcuts that "bypass" the
annoying tool sequence (polyline tool -> select which type of polyline
-> select which type of snap, now finally you can draw), and a third
one because the QCad author got very pissed at the time of the LibreCAD
fork, and decided to stop publishing QCad as open-source, then he
changed his mind and QCad became open-source again, and I like that the
guy struggled against the odds and keeps firmly on the open-source path
while trying to make a business of it too, that deserves some
recognition too...